Kidnap victims held prisoners and tortured in Lambeth for several days, have finally got justice after their horrific ordeal.

The victims, who were forced to pee in bottles and sleep in small rooms for several days, were subjected to serious mental and physical abuse, including being hit with a hammer.

Thankfully, one of the victims made a daring escape and was able to alert a member of the public, who called the police to rescue the second man.

Now five middle-aged criminals, including the woman the victims were originally staying with in Leeds, have been sentenced to a total of 33 years in prison for their roles in this disgusting crime.

The 'traumatic experience' begins

From the time the first victim was taken to the time the pair were rescued just over a week later, both men suffered serious abuse in horrific conditions.

Police have not revealed for what purpose the two men were being held hostage by the five-strong criminal gang.

However, it is known that they were staying with one of the criminals, 53-year-old Que Kieu, of Sutherland Mount, in Leeds, before the crime took place.

The victims were living in Leeds at the home of Que Kieu

Early in 2018, on January 27, two men arrived at the Leeds house in a car, having driven all the way from London.

They were 52-year-old Huong Van Nguyen, of Berry Lane in Lambeth, and 56-year-old Trevor Thomas, of Manlet Close, also Lambeth.

When they arrived, the first victim to be kidnapped was threatened with a firearm, later revealed to be an imitation, and explosives.

He was ordered to get in the car, at which point he was driven all the way back down to London and taken to a home on Berry Lane.

Huong Van Nguyen and Trevor Thomas were responsible for driving the victims from Leeds to Lambeth

The conditions in their Lambeth prison

This was the home of Michael Ryan, 59, and it was here that the victim's suffering really began.

After being hit with a claw hammer to subdue him, he was subjected to further physical and also mental abuse.

He was trapped in the home and forced to sleep in a small room with no toilet, instead urinating into a bottle.

Michael Ryan agreed to imprison the victims in his Lambeth home

He would not be joined by the second victim until four days later, on January 31, when Nguyen and Thomas drove back up to Leeds to carry out the second kidnapping.

This second man was forced to endure similar conditions as his fellow victim.

However, the two men were not to know at the time, as they were held in separate rooms.

A daring escape

The two men were regularly moved between different addresses in Lambeth in order to escape detection.

It was from this second address, on St Gothard Road in Lambeth, where the second victim was able to make his daring escape just a few days later.

Residents living on this Lambeth road had no idea they were within walking distance of an illegal prison

On February 4, at around 10am, he managed to flee from the address and alert a member of the public, who quickly called the police.

Just hours later, armed police officers located his fellow captive and stormed the house to rescue him.

However, it took until May that year for them to finally track down all five members of the gang.

Justice almost one year on

An investigation was launched immediately by the Met's Modern Slavery and Kidnap Unit in order to apprehend the criminals.

It resulted in all five members of the gang being tracked down in the four months from February to May.

Lloyd Barrow-Holness owned the second Lambeth home used to imprison the men

The officer on the case, Detective Constable Dean Irish, said the force was happy to hear the hard work of investigators had finally got the intended result.

He said: "This was a complex investigation and I am pleased that it has resulted in the victims being found safe and substantial sentences being imposed on the defendants.

"This was a traumatic experience for the victims and I hope that this result goes some way to enabling them to move on with their lives."

Almost a year after the two victims' horrific ordeal began, they have finally been brought to justice after they were jailed on Thursday (January 17).

A total of 33 years in prison

Those responsible have now all been sentenced (Image: Getty Images)

The five middle-aged members of the gang were sentenced at Blackfriars' Crown Court on Thursday (January 17) to a collective total of 33 years' imprisonment.

Que Kieu, whose Leeds home the men were living in, was convicted of two counts of kidnapping and sentenced to 11 years in jail.

Huong Van Nguyen, who transported the men from Leeds and helped to falsely imprison them in Lambeth, was sentenced to 13 years. He was also convicted for "carrying an imitation firearm with criminal intent".